Hernando de soto



(No Model.)

H. DE SOTO. STICK 0R UMBRELLA HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 17, 1897.

. Wi nesses UNITE- STATES ATENT FFICE.

' I'IERNANDO Dir soro'or DRESDEN, GERMANY.

STICK OR UMBRELLA HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,498, dated August17, 1897. Application filed October 2, 1895. Serial No. 564,449. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it marl] concern,"

Be it known that I, HERNANDO DE Soro, a citizen of the United States,residing in the cityofDresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Devicesfor Supporting alking-Sticks, Umbrellas, or the Like, of which thefollowing is a specification. 1

The device constructed according to this invention serves in theaters,waiting-rooms,

gardens, and other public places the purpose most convenient andsuitable means to which the apparatus may be applied, it is evident thatthe application of the apparatus to other articles of furniture isequally practicable,

all such chairs or other articles of furniture being hereinafter forconvenience referred to as supports. 7

On the accompanying drawings are shown various applications andmodifications of the apparatus. In all these there is a common featureviz., a clip or loop adapted to surround a bar or other body or supporttowhich the appliance is to be attached, and a springcontrolled orspring ring" jointed to the said clip in such manner that it tendsalways to press the object slipped through or under it close up againstthe support. V

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of one form ofdevice constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewof a modified form of device shown attached to a support, the lattershown in section. Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations at right angles to eachother of another modification.

Like letters and numerals indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

first bent to form a small ring or loop 10 and is then bent to form alarger or main ring A, the free ends of the wire being then twistedaround each other, as at 1 1, to form coiled springs, and then beingformed into a holding-clip B, which is adapted to embrace a chair-leg orother support for the device, the ends of the clip being formed into ahook and eye, respectively, to more firmly and durably secure the clipto the support.

In Fig. 1 the clip is shown as turned inward and held by thesupplemental ring 10 to permit the device to be readily carried on theperson.

In the practical operation of the device the arms of the clip B areopened by the hands and caused to engage the support, the main ring A,with its supplemental ring, 10 being normally kept at right angles tothe plane of the clip B by the coiled springs 1 1. When introducing astick or umbrella or other object, the ring A is lifted while it swingsor pivots upward against the tension of the coiled spring 1. The stickor umbrella is then passed through the ring and the latter is again setfree and thereupon tends to resume its original position, and inasmuchas it is prevented from doing so by the inserted article it holds thesame firmly between itself and its support, as will be readilyunderstood. By having the smaller supplemental ring,thinner and smallersticks may he slipped into the appliance, and, moreover, thissupplemental ring assists in fixing or securing the object inserted and,besides, prevents the possibility of its slipping out upon a smoothfloor.

Instead of twisting the wires at the points 1 to form coiled springs, aspreviously described, the connection between the clip and By thisconstruction the rings are rendered elastic and extensible, so as toyield when required, whereby the ring can be made extremely restrictedand yet be capable of extension, so that after the stick or other objecthas been pushed in it will contract thereon and hold it fast.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4: instead of forming thering and clip with one piece of wire a separate sheet-metal clip isemployed, and an eye is formed in and upon the clip B, through which theWire ends of the ring A are passed, the ends 6 of the wire being bentinto the forms of hooks resting against the surface of the metal clipand act like springs.

I claim- 1. In an umbrella and cane holder, the combination with themain supporting-ring, the supplemental ring, the clip for holding thedevice to its support, and the spring between the main holding-ring andsupport; substantially as described.

2. In an umbrella and cane holder, the com bination with the mainsupporting-ring, the clip for holding the device to its support, and thecoiled spring between the main holdingring and clip; substantially asdescribed.

3. In an umbrella and cane holder the combination with the extensible,main supporting-ring, the extensible supplemental ring and the clip forholding the device to its support, and the spring between the mainholding-ring and clip; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of thetwo subscribing witnesses.

IIERNANDO DE SOTO.

\Vitn esses:

IIoeo DUMMER, G. A. ARLDT.

